Desert rat kangaroo

Caloprymnus campestris

Blamed on foxes

IUCN status: Extinct

Last seen: Caloprymnus campestris were last seen in 1935 in Ooroowilanie, east of Lake Eyre

Studies in support

Desert rat kangaroos were last confirmed 24-28 years after foxes arrived (Wallach et al. In Submission).

Studies not in support

No studies

Is the threat claim evidence-based?

There are no studies evidencing a link between foxes and the extinction of desert rat kangaroos.

Evidence linking Caloprymnus campestris to foxes. Last records of extirpated populations relative to earliest local records of foxes. Error bars show record uncertainty range. Predator arrival records were digitized from Fairfax 2019.

References

Fairfax, Dispersal of the introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) across Australia. Biol. Invasions 21, 1259-1268 (2019).

Wallach et al. 2023 In Submission